Schizophrenic Germany Was the Title of a Book Written in 1961
Recent News Reports Indicate a New Outbreak of Schizophrenic Germany
International Relations Expert, Dr. Gilbert Doctorow has just reported on the new Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz. Merz appears to have forgotten the consequences of hostility towards Russia.
I am speaking about the incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has been building upon his warlike rhetoric from the electoral campaign that positioned him to form a governing coalition and has now gone completely rabid in his stated plans for inflicting punishment on Russia.
Yesterday Friedrich Merz told reporters that he is prepared to send the Taurus to Kiev. Still more irresponsibly, Merz signaled that Ukraine would be allowed to use the Taurus to destroy the Kerch (Crimea) bridge and other targets in Russian Crimea.
The Russians took notice of these statements at once. They stand ready to deliver a devastating counter-blow to Germany if Merz proceeds with policies that reflect the worst of German revanchism. What will happen after that is anyone’s guess.
It turns out that Merz has a grandfather who was quite an enthusiastic Nazi, even a ‘Stormtrooper’.
There is the personal file of top-Nazi Josef Paul Sauvigny in Germany’s State Archive at North Rhine-Westphalia. The documents even hold the actual extract from Sauvigny’s NSDAP member file. These files proved that top-Nazi Sauvigny became a member of the Nazi Party as early as May 1st, 1937. Merz’s Opa’s Nazi party number is: 425 82 18. According to the personnel file in the state archive, Sauvigny submitted his Nazi party application for membership between May 1933 and February 1936. The file also states that Merz’s grand-daddy “worked diligently“ as an SA storm-trooper (read: street thug, bullies and political killers). In short, he supported the Nazi party “as much as possible”.
How I Heard of ‘Schizophrenic Germany’
As a student of German literature in 1970, I came across the title of a book by a certain John Dornberg, called Schizophrenic Germany. It discussed post WWII Germany and its struggle to come to grips with its Nazi past with all of those attendant horrors.
I never read it since it wasn’t part of my curriculum. I chose German as my major because I wanted to understand how such a country with a long history and deep culture could have gone so badly astray. But first, let’s look at what Germany produced culturally. However, recent events, the rabid Russophobia, the threats of the new Chancellor to attack Russia caused me to revisit this theme. A country with both a great cultural past, which went criminally insane, and appears to be heading down that same path again.
Here is a list of German classical music composers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_list_of_German_classical_composers
There are dozens of some of the world’s greatest composers, going back even 1000 years. But names like Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelsohn, Hayden, Wagner are among dozens of others.
Here is a list of German Poets and Thinkers:
Germany is often referred to as “the land of poets and thinkers” due to its rich cultural and intellectual heritage, particularly during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Here are some key reasons for this designation:
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Literary Contributions: Germany has produced many influential poets and writers, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, and Heinrich Heine. Their works have had a lasting impact on literature and are celebrated for their depth, emotional resonance, and exploration of human experience.
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Philosophical Influence: Germany is home to many renowned philosophers, including Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer. Their ideas have shaped Western philosophy and continue to influence contemporary thought in various fields such as ethics, metaphysics, and political theory.
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Romantic Movement: The German Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries emphasized individualism, nature, and emotion, leading to significant developments in literature, music, and art. Figures like the Brothers Grimm and Novalis contributed to this cultural flourishing.
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Scientific and Intellectual Advancements: Beyond literature and philosophy, Germany has been a center for scientific and intellectual advancements, with figures like Albert Einstein, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg making groundbreaking contributions to physics and other sciences.
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Cultural Institutions: Germany has a strong tradition of universities and cultural institutions that have fostered intellectual discourse and artistic expression, such as the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin.
Overall, the phrase “the land of poets and thinkers” captures Germany’s historical significance as a hub of creativity, intellectual rigor, and cultural achievement, reflecting its contributions to art, literature, philosophy, and science.
Germany’s Long Descent into Madness
In the mid 1800’s, a democratic revolution failed. Instead, a monarchy took control, while unifying the numerous statelets and principalities that had not coalesced as the country we know as Germany. Germany came late to the European colonial project.
Here is a list compiled by Deepseek AI of the catastrophe visited on the planet by Europeans in the past 500 years.
Estimating the total number of people killed by European colonial powers is extremely difficult due to incomplete records, deliberate destruction of evidence, and the long time span (over 500 years). However, historians have made rough estimates for different regions and periods, which, when combined, suggest a death toll in the tens of millions—possibly over 100 million when accounting for war, famine, slavery, and disease.
Breakdown by Category of Violence
1. Indigenous Genocide in the Americas (1492–1900+)
Spanish & Portuguese colonization:
Pre-colonial Americas population: ~50–100 million.
Post-colonial decline: ~90% due to disease (smallpox, measles), massacres, and forced labor.
Estimated deaths: 40–70 million (lowest estimates: ~30 million).
British/French/Dutch in North America & Caribbean:
Native American population decline: ~95% in some regions.
Estimated deaths: 5–10 million (including Caribbean Indigenous extermination).
2. The Transatlantic Slave Trade (1500–1900)
Total enslaved: ~12.5 million Africans shipped (10–20% died during the Middle Passage).
Deaths in captivity: ~1–2 million.
Deaths from slave raids & wars in Africa: ~2–4 million (disputed, some estimates higher).
Total slave trade deaths: ~4–6 million (conservative).
3. Colonial Wars & Suppression of Resistance
British India (1757–1947):
Famines (e.g., Bengal 1770, 1943): ~30–60 million deaths (partly policy-induced).
Suppression of rebellions (1857 Sepoy Mutiny, Amritsar Massacre 1919): ~1–2 million.
French Algeria (1830–1962):
Population decline (war, displacement): ~1 million.
German Namibia (1904–1908):
Herero & Nama genocide: ~80,000 (65–80% of Herero population).
Belgian Congo (1885–1908):
Leopold II’s rubber terror: ~5–10 million deaths.
Portuguese Africa (Angola, Mozambique):
Slave raids & forced labor: ~1–2 million.
4. Famines & Economic Exploitation
British Ireland (1845–1852):
Potato Famine (export policies worsened starvation): ~1 million dead.
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia):
Cultivation System (1830–1870): ~300,000–1 million deaths.
French Indochina (Vietnam):
Colonial rice exports exacerbated famines: ~1–2 million.
5. Indirect Deaths (Disease, Displacement)
Smallpox, measles, and other diseases:
Americas, Australia, Pacific Islands: ~50–90% population decline (tens of millions).
Forced labor (mines, plantations):
Congo, Peru, Malaya: millions perished from exhaustion, malnutrition.
Conservative vs. High Estimates
Region/Period Conservative Estimate High Estimate Americas (1492–1900) 30 million 70 million Transatlantic Slavery 4 million 6 million India (British Raj) 30 million 60 million Africa (Leopold’s Congo, German colonies, etc.) 6 million 15 million Southeast Asia (Dutch, French, Spanish rule) 2 million 5 million Other (Ireland, Oceania, etc.) 1 million 3 million TOTAL 73 million 159 million+ Challenges in Estimation
Deliberate record destruction: Many colonial powers (e.g., Belgium, Britain) burned archives.
“Death by policy”: Famines (e.g., Bengal 1943) were often man-made but hard to attribute directly.
Demographic collapse: Disease wiped out millions, but colonial policies worsened the toll.
Conclusion
A minimum estimate of 50–60 million deaths is widely accepted, but including indirect deaths (famine, disease, slavery) pushes the figure well over 100 million. For comparison, this exceeds the death toll of both World Wars combined (~80 million).
Germany’s Original Genocide
Between 1904 and 1908, more than 80% of the Herero population and 50% of the Nama population of Namibia were killed by German soldiers.
Situation before the genocide
In the 19th century, Namibia, a country in southern Africa, was populated by several ethnic groups: the San, Damara, Ovambo, Nama and Herero. The Nama and Herero, livestock farmers, were the country’s two main tribes.
In 1884, Germany invaded the Namibian territory and founded the German South West Africa colony. The colonizers’ interest increased after the discovery of diamonds in 1894.
Genocide triggers
A policy of systematic land confiscation and the arrival of more and more German settlers forced the farmers off their land.
On January 12, 1904, the Herero rebelled. Guided by their leader, Samuel Maherero, they attacked a German garrison at Okahandja.
Progress of the genocide
In June 1904, the German General Lothar von Trotha was sent to Namibia to suppress the Herero revolt. He arrived in Namibia with 10,000 soldiers and a war plan.
On August 11, 1904, at the Battle of Waterberg, German soldiers encircled the Herero and were under the order to take no prisoners. A few thousand Herero nonetheless succeeded in fleeing to the Kalahari Desert. German soldiers poisoned the few waterholes and were under the order to fire on any Herero attempting to return to their land. In just a few weeks, thousands of Herero died of hunger and thirst.
The order to kill all Herero was signed on October 2, 1904 by von Trotha:
“The Herero are no longer German subjects (…). Any Herero sighted within the [Namibian] German borders with or without a weapon, with or without cattle, will be shot. I will no longer accept women and children, but will send them back to their people or let them be slaughtered.”
Herero who survived the desert were imprisoned in concentration camps and enslaved. Thousands of women were victims of sexual violence inflicted by German soldiers.
Dr. Eugene Fischer conducted medical experiments on children born from these rapes. His conclusion was that children born out of bi-racial unions were “inferior” to their German fathers. His research inspired Adolf Hitler and in the 1930s, Fischer taught his racist theories to Nazi doctors. One of his students, Joseph Mengele, was responsible for the medical experiments in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
America’s Nazi Secret is not what you’d call extremely reader-friendly material. Sometimes it feels like a chore to read it. But wow—does it ever provide powerful insight into the “deep politics” of US policy.
Born of the Boston Irish, John Loftus never imagined that he would end up tracking down Byelorussian Nazi collaborators living in the US. And he certainly could not have conceived of doing so with a passion that would continue decades past his departure from the federal government…………
It’s all ultimately supposed to be for the Cold War cause, but Loftus raises more sinister motives. These include a frenetic effort by powerful US industrialists and bankers to hide their own business ties with the Nazis. They would do this, Loftus asserts, by getting the government to create a super-secret de facto policy of covering up dealings with the Nazis – for anyone who could play a role in the battle against the Communist threat.
NATO itself was populated by Nazis and created with the express purpose of taking down the Soviet Union, and now Russia.
https://www.voltairenet.org/article174656.html
NATO’s Nazi Beginnings: How the West implemented Hitler’s goals
Who gave NATO the right to rule the world? This author elucidates how the
Western elite, many of whom were Hitler supporters, rescued a vast number of
Nazi hierarchy and placed them in positions to continue the many decades
long fight against Russia. The One Percent of the time and the One Percent
of today have sent millions to their deaths in formulating and enacting
Winston Churchill’s 1918 pledge to “strangle at its birth” the Bolshevik
menace. Total control of the so-called mainstream media has furthered that
odious task.
This Brings Us Back to Schizophrenic Germany
It’s one thing to put responsibility for Germany’s newly reborn Russophobia solely at the feet of Germans. It is not as if there is not a long history of German culture, literature and humanity. The question is, just as in individual human beings, which side wins out, the wholesome side or the unwholesome side. A lot depends on the company one keeps.
Fact is, Nazism and Russophobia were clearly nurtured by the West post WWII in the Federal Republic of German, that is, West German, whereas in Soviet controlled East Germany, such sentiments were counteracted. Socialism and communism have been systematically suppressed. Even Hitler had to pander to the Left with his coopting of the word ‘Socialist’ in the formulation of the ‘National Socialist German Workers Party’.
But the people who’ve had not just Germany but the whole of Western Europe, and the USA, UK and Canada in a stranglehold for decades have nurtured the absolutely worst, hateful elements of German society. Just like they did in Israeli society, in Afghan Society, in Iraq, and so on. Nazis, ISIS, Zionists, they all feed on hateful nihilism fed to them by the real owners who’ve had Western civilization under their control for the past 500 years at least.
Unlike the ‘Angels of our better nature’, Germany is struggling with the demons of their worst nature, as is true across the West. Which is why the rest of the world is shunning Western Europe and the United States.
Germany in the 1930s had a choice, as Rosa Luxemburg pointed out: Socialism or Barbarism. With the constant nudging of the UK and US deep states, it appears to be choosing barbarism, yet again. Let’s hope it figures out what is going on and changes course.